Space AtlasNATO 3B
NORAD 9785 · Payload · In orbit since 1977
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1977-01-28 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- NATO (Other / intl)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Communications
- Mass
- 307 kg
- Size
- 3.1 × 2.2 m
- Orbit class
- GEO (geosynchronous)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 37,073 × 37,427 km
- Inclination
- 8.1°
- Period
- 1511.1 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0041
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.